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Matsunaga Mari:

1. This costume is as original printed as the costume of "Kamonegix" for Kohaku Uta Gassen. The image of the water surface of the “blue sea” shimmering and shining in the light of the summer sun. To express the “seabed” at the hem of the skirt, I chose an organza fabric with sequins shining in the aurora, and on top of it, I printed the original with a gradation of pale blue to deep blue. In addition, the body part uses a triangle pattern lame jacquard fabric with the image of “scales”, this is also a gradient print. Under the skirt, tulle of different hardness was layered to create a fluffy silhouette when dancing. The big yellow ribbon, which is the point of the back style, has the image of a “tail fin”. When I looked for this yellow fabric, it was hard to find something with a good color, and finally I printed a leopard print and lemon yellow color on the fabric with clear sequins throughout. In addition, the same lemon yellow color was printed on the glass organza covered with it. The glass organza has a high transparency, and without color printing, the lemon yellow of the ribbon becomes white and becomes blurred, so I printed this as well. The fabric used for the base of the skirt and the under pants are also original printed with the image of the “bottom of the sea".

2. We wanted to keep the world of the song, not just make it cute, but also add a playful touch that is typical of NMB48. The large ribbon on the back is supposed to resemble a tail fin, and we connected it to this fish. In fact, we cut out the fish from the original print and made each one three-dimensional. The idea is that the print with tropical fish swimming on the seabed features realistic three-dimensional tropical fish (laughs).

3. How about this wrist decoration? It's designed to make the fish swim in time with the choreography in the chorus!

4. The average height of the participants at that time was about 155 centimeters, so since they were short, we took into account the balance and made the length as short as possible so that the legs were clearly visible and looked beautiful. Many of the participants knew their own style and created their own outfits, which I was very impressed by! Therefore, in response to this, the sizes are small, and the skirts are even shorter.

5. Even when we were doing 'Oh My God!', the members said they wanted the skirts to be shorter, but we said that if the skirts were too short with these costumes, it would look unbalanced, so they're a little longer. That's why Kojirin was able to wear it (laughs).